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Pictures, Furniture, Clocks & Rugs

18th January 2019 | 10:00AM | Crewkerne Salerooms

Lot 1896

‡SIR PETER SCOTT (1909-1989) WHITE-FRONTED GEESE DROPPING INTO THE FRESH MARSH - SNETTISHAM FRESH MARSH UNDER SNOW, FEB. 1929 Signed and dated 1929, watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil 27.5 x 49.5cm. * This skilful early work was drawn by Scott whilst he was still an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge. It seems that it was given (or sold) to a fellow student in 1930, the year before Scott graduated in History of Art. Illustrated: Country Life, November 1929 Provenance: with T. C. Wyatt, Christ's College, Cambridge, May 1930; London, Christies, March 2nd, 1990, lot 81 (£2400); Private Collection, Sussex
£1000 - £1500
£1350.00
5 stars

“Congratulations on what looked like a very successful sale ! You never mentioned that you did the auctioneering as well ... talk about doing the whole job ... see it into the building, find out what it is, decide if it’s for the Fine Art sale or the General Sale, lot it and describe it accordingly, and then sell it ... that really does count as seeing the job through from start to finish! Whilst the job isn’t over yet, it really is a case of so far, so good ... some items have sold for sums that exceeded our expectations, with one item in particular fetching a truly remarkable sum, so we’re very happy indeed... we’ve noted how accurate the guide prices are ... and how gratifying it is when the bidding goes sailing past the guide ! I found the whole week to be both gripping entertainment and pleasingly rewarding financially. Please accept my sincerest congratulations for a job well done, and we’ll look forward to the October and November Sales with bated breath ...”

Andrew P

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